Paul Klee did this painting on a two week trip to Tunisia in April, 1914. It is one of 35 watercolors he did. He also did 13 drawings in those two weeks. On this trip Klee fell in love with light and color incorporating these into his evolving Cubist abstraction of geometric shapes. This trip and his works are called a key event in 20^th century art history, the birth of modern watercolor painting.

Beach at St. Germain near Tunis seems a breath of spring for us to take in deeply. The beautiful scheme of color and shape seems a statement of Easter morning. Klee seems to capture a whispered “Alleluia,” one we can repeat as we follow the message of Pastor Clover’s Easter sermon and easter through the days ahead as God’s people and for God’s people and in God’s beautiful world and name. May it be so and amen.

In faith and hope,

Sandy Prouty

Minister of Children and Families

Montview Church